The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies

Scholars examine the causes, the fighting, and the long aftermath of the Great War, from the July Crisis to its impact on Europe, the Middle East, and the rest of the world.

Søren Dosenrode

A compact history of the whole war written in 1919 by an Oxford historian, from the German invasion of Belgium to the Allied victory and the peace of Versailles.

A. F. Pollard

Speeches, letters, diaries, and war reports written by Americans who lived through World War I, from the 1914 outbreak to the fight over the League of Nations.

The Library of America

True stories of Britain's home front during the Great War, gathered by BBC journalists with the Imperial War Museums. Full of photos and firsthand accounts of families, workers, and towns at war.

BBC

A classroom resource that explains the main causes of World War I: alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Includes maps and activities.

Jennifer McCormick